Friday, February 11, 2011

Romantic Picnic

Earlier today I made some Less Than Three Eggs and saved the center cutout from the bread for just this recipe! Lunchtime now looms like a Fel Reaver, ground-shakin', growling stomachs and all. So I'll pull out my sammich baggie of heart shaped bread slices and get to work!

These mini sammiches of goodness can be made with any kind of filling you'd like. My hubby likes PB&J while I like deli meat with cheese and lettuce. But you can also fill it with a chicken finger and some marinara sauce or some mayo and tuna and pickles!

The important thing to note about these sammiches is that they are smaller than the average sammich. So you'll want to make more and then suppliment this picnic with lots of other goodies and finger foods. If you want to be truly romantic, pack your food in a 10-slot picnic basket and take him/her to a park (or if it's cold out, spread a blanket on the living room floor and play some co-ops while you munch). You can also hide a present for your sweetheart inside the basket! GameStop gift cards make great, hide-able gifts (hint, hint my dear!)

Romantic Picnic

2 Servings | Total Time: 5 min | Apprentice

Mats:

8 slices of Bread

4 Tbl Peanut Butter

4 Tbl Jelly or Jam, any flavor

Craft: Using a heart-shaped cookie cutter or your artistic skills, cut out heart shapes from the center of your bread slices. Spread peanut butter on 4 hearts and Jelly on the other 4. Pair your PB&J halves and enjoy!

Strategies: You don't have to use PB&J for this recipe. Try any filling you'd like on a sammich.

LFM: You can go with the obvious chips & dip route or you can kick it up a notch and add some fancy finger foods. Try some fruit and cheese. Strawberries, grapes and apples with Sharp Cheddar, Swiss, and Provolone. Follow-up this meal with chocolate chip cookies. Or a small box of chocolates!

17 comments:

Wow! Okay, now I'm hungry and I have to go eat now. The picnic is cute, for sure, but some of the savory stuff you have going on...just looks delicious. Newly following and thanks for stopping by my blog. It is always so nice to meet new people.